10 Apr 2024

Street artist Paul X Walsh

From Nights, 10:45 pm on 10 April 2024

It's described as the ultimate in democratized art; seen by everyone, owned by no-one.

Perhaps the most high-profile exponent of it is the UK's Banksy, but we see it everywhere from buildings walls to alleyways.

Paul X Walsh is one of New Zealand's most prolific public artists and he joins Emile Donovan.

Paul sits beside a panting on a streetside utility box. He's painted a sloth wearing a spacesuit beside a New Zealand flag.

Paul X Walsh is one of New Zealand's most prolific public artists, having painted dozens of murals and over one hundred utility box artworks around the country. Photo: Danielle Street/Central Leader